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Excerpt from John Burgess, Born 1814, Died 1874: Of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours If any of my remarks on the character of the late artist should, to some, appear fanciful, I can only say that I had uncommon opportunities during a very close intimacy of verifying my impressions, and, as given, they are, in my opinion, perfectly just and true. I have made no mention of the prices, absurdly low for the most part, at which Burgess sold his beautiful drawings. I know that he was con scious that his price had no fair relation to the value of his work, as compared with that realised by far inferior men. But this, as will be seen later, was in harmony with his character. He would rather have his patron indebted to him, than be under any obligation to his patron. May I mention that if any of your readers can give me further information I shall be greatly favoured thereby. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, R. Aspa. Priory house, leamington. February, 1877. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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